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We know very little about Dwalin son of Fundin, but what little we know bears out that he is a rather cruel and perverse character.

I am speaking, of course, of the statement that he was a blue beard.

Dwalin Bluebeard, or Bluebeard as we know him today, is best remembered for his longtime habit of marrying, and then summarily locking up and killing his wives. In a species as devoid of females as the Dwarven race is, this is a very serious crime.

Indeed, one has to wonder if Dwalin's main motivation for joining Thorin's company was the prospect of meeting the Iron Hills Dwarves, and finding a new population of Dwarven females to prey on.

It was clearly out of desperation for the family honour that his brother Balin left Erebor in search of Khazad-dum, rather than the prospect of mithril, as rumoured in Rivendell. That Dwalin, Balin's closest kin, remained behind is telling, for the number of females on the expedition must have been few, if any.

Away with this pervert!

++ Dwalin Bluebeard, son of Fundin